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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/examples/basicgraphicslayouts.qdoc | 55 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/examples/contiguouscache.qdoc | 97 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/exportedfunctions.qdoc | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/qset.qdoc | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_stylesheet.qdoc | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmap.cpp | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmapcache.cpp | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/snippets/qprocess-environment/main.cpp | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/snippets/widgets-tutorial/template.cpp | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/tutorials/widgets-tutorial.qdoc | 132 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/designer-manual.qdoc b/doc/src/designer-manual.qdoc index 03b74e6..2706182 100644 --- a/doc/src/designer-manual.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/designer-manual.qdoc @@ -2411,12 +2411,106 @@ pixmap property in the property editor. is used to hide widgets that should not be explicitly created by the user, but are required by other widgets. - If you would like to use a container widget that is not a subclass of the - containers provided in \QD, but the container is still based on the notion - of \e{Current Page}, you need to provide a container extension and - tell \QD which method to use to add the pages. This can be done using the - \c{<addpagemethod>} XML tag. + + A complete custom widget specification looks like: + + \code +<ui language="c++"> displayname="MyWidget"> + <widget class="widgets::MyWidget" name="mywidget"/> + <customwidgets> + <customwidget> + <class>widgets::MyWidget</class> + <addpagemethod>addPage</addpagemethod> + <propertyspecifications> + <stringpropertyspecification name="fileName" notr="true" type="singleline" + <stringpropertyspecification name="text" type="richtext" + </propertyspecifications> + </customwidget> + </customwidgets> +</ui> + \endcode + + Attributes of the \c{<ui>} tag: + \table + \header + \o Attribute + \o Presence + \o Values + \o Comment + \row + \o \c{language} + \o optional + \o "c++", "jambi" + \o This attribute specifies the language the custom widget is intended for. + It is mainly there to prevent C++-plugins from appearing in Qt Jambi. + \row + \o \c{displayname} + \o optional + \o Class name + \o The value of the attribute appears in the Widget box and can be used to + strip away namespaces. + \endtable + + The \c{<addpagemethod>} tag tells \QD and \l uic which method should be used to + add pages to a container widget. This applies to container widgets that require + calling a particular method to add a child rather than adding the child by passing + the parent. In particular, this is relevant for containers that are not a + a subclass of the containers provided in \QD, but are based on the notion + of \e{Current Page}. In addition, you need to provide a container extension + for them. + + The \c{<propertyspecifications>} element can contain a list of property meta information. + Currently, properties of type string are supported. For these properties, the + \c{<stringpropertyspecification>} tag can be used. This tag has the following attributes: + + + \table + \header + \o Attribute + \o Presence + \o Values + \o Comment + \row + \o \c{name} + \o required + \o Name of the property + \row + \o \c{type} + \o required + \o See below table + \o The value of the attribute determines how the property editor will handle them. + \row + \o \c{notr} + \o optional + \o "true", "false" + \o If the attribute is "true", the value is not meant to be translated. + \endtable + Values of the \c{type} attribute of the string property: + + \table + \header + \o Value + \o Type + \row + \o \c{"richtext"} + \o Rich text. + \row + \o \c{"multiline"} + \o Multi-line plain text. + \row + \o \c{"singleline"} + \o Single-line plain text. + \row + \o \c{"stylesheet"} + \o A CSS-style sheet. + \row + \o \c{"objectname"} + \o An object name (restricted set of valid characters). + \row + \o \c{"url"} + \o URL, file name. + \endtable \section1 Plugin Requirements diff --git a/doc/src/examples/basicgraphicslayouts.qdoc b/doc/src/examples/basicgraphicslayouts.qdoc index 92571af..9696fb6 100644 --- a/doc/src/examples/basicgraphicslayouts.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/examples/basicgraphicslayouts.qdoc @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The Basic Graphics Layouts example shows how to use the layout classes in QGraphicsView: QGraphicsLinearLayout and QGraphicsGridLayout. + In addition to that it shows how to write your own custom layout item. \image basicgraphicslayouts-example.png Screenshot of the Basic Layouts Example @@ -115,26 +116,24 @@ \section1 LayoutItem Class Definition - The \c LayoutItem class is a subclass of QGraphicsWidget. It has a - constructor, a destructor, and a reimplementation of the - {QGraphicsItem::paint()}{paint()} function. + The \c LayoutItem class is a subclass of QGraphicsLayoutItem and + QGraphicsItem. It has a constructor, a destructor, and some required + reimplementations. + Since it inherits QGraphicsLayoutItem it must reimplement + {QGraphicsLayoutItem::setGeometry()}{setGeometry()} and + {QGraphicsLayoutItem::sizeHint()}{sizeHint()}. + In addition to that it inherits QGraphicsItem, so it must reimplement + {QGraphicsItem::boundingRect()}{boundingRect()} and + {QGraphicsItem::paint()}{paint()}. \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.h 0 - The \c LayoutItem class also has a private instance of QPixmap, \c pix. - - \note We subclass QGraphicsWidget so that \c LayoutItem objects can - be automatically plugged into a layout, as QGraphicsWidget is a - specialization of QGraphicsLayoutItem. + The \c LayoutItem class also has a private instance of QPixmap, \c m_pix. \section1 LayoutItem Class Implementation - In \c{LayoutItem}'s constructor, \c pix is instantiated and the - \c{QT_original_R.png} image is loaded into it. We set the size of - \c LayoutItem to be slightly larger than the size of the pixmap as we - require some space around it for borders that we will paint later. - Alternatively, you could scale the pixmap to prevent the item from - becoming smaller than the pixmap. + In \c{LayoutItem}'s constructor, \c m_pix is instantiated and the + \c{block.png} image is loaded into it. \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.cpp 0 @@ -148,4 +147,32 @@ \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.cpp 2 + The reimplementation of {QGraphicsItem::boundingRect()}{boundingRect()} + will set the top left corner at (0,0), and the size of it will be + the size of the layout items + {QGraphicsLayoutItem::geometry()}{geometry()}. This is the area that + we paint within. + + \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.cpp 3 + + + The reimplementation of {QGraphicsLayoutItem::setGeometry()}{setGeometry()} + simply calls its baseclass implementation. However, since this will change + the boundingRect we must also call + {QGraphicsItem::prepareGeometryChange()}{prepareGeometryChange()}. + Finally, we move the item according to \c geom.topLeft(). + + \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.cpp 4 + + + Since we don't want the size of the item to be smaller than the pixmap, we + must make sure that we return a size hint that is larger than \c m_pix. + We also add some extra space around for borders that we will paint later. + Alternatively, you could scale the pixmap to prevent the item from + becoming smaller than the pixmap. + The preferred size is the same as the minimum size hint, while we set + maximum to be a large value + + \snippet examples/graphicsview/basicgraphicslayouts/layoutitem.cpp 5 + */
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/src/examples/contiguouscache.qdoc b/doc/src/examples/contiguouscache.qdoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbfde3f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/examples/contiguouscache.qdoc @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +/**************************************************************************** +** +** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). +** Contact: Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com) +** +** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. +** +** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$ +** No Commercial Usage +** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed. +** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions +** contained in the either Technology Preview License Agreement or the +** Beta Release License Agreement. +** +** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage +** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser +** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software +** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the +** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to +** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements +** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html. +** +** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain +** additional rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL +** Exception version 1.0, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this +** package. +** +** GNU General Public License Usage +** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU +** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software +** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the +** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to +** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be +** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. +** +** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please +** contact the sales department at qt-sales@nokia.com. +** $QT_END_LICENSE$ +** +****************************************************************************/ + +/*! + \example tools/contiguouscache + \title Contiguous Cache Example + + The Contiguous Cache example shows how to use QContiguousCache to manage memory usage for + very large models. In some environments memory is limited and, even when it + isn't, users still dislike an application using excessive memory. + Using QContiguousCache to manage a list, rather than loading + the entire list into memory, allows the application to limit the amount + of memory it uses, regardless of the size of the data set it accesses + + The simplest way to use QContiguousCache is to cache as items are requested. When + a view requests an item at row N it is also likely to ask for items at rows near + to N. + + \snippet examples/tools/contiguouscache/randomlistmodel.cpp 0 + + After getting the row, the class determines if the row is in the bounds + of the contiguous cache's current range. It would have been equally valid to + simply have the following code instead. + + \code + while (row > m_rows.lastIndex()) + m_rows.append(fetchWord(m_rows.lastIndex()+1); + while (row < m_rows.firstIndex()) + m_rows.prepend(fetchWord(m_rows.firstIndex()-1); + \endcode + + However a list will often jump rows if the scroll bar is used directly, resulting in + the code above causing every row between the old and new rows to be fetched. + + Using QContiguousCache::lastIndex() and QContiguousCache::firstIndex() allows + the example to determine what part of the list the cache is currently caching. + These values don't represent the indexes into the cache's own memory, but rather + a virtual infinite array that the cache represents. + + By using QContiguousCache::append() and QContiguousCache::prepend() the code ensures + that items that may be still on the screen are not lost when the requested row + has not moved far from the current cache range. QContiguousCache::insert() can + potentially remove more than one item from the cache as QContiguousCache does not + allow for gaps. If your cache needs to quickly jump back and forth between + rows with significant gaps between them consider using QCache instead. + + And thats it. A perfectly reasonable cache, using minimal memory for a very large + list. In this case the accessor for getting the words into the cache + generates random information rather than fixed information. This allows you + to see how the cache range is kept for a local number of rows when running the + example. + + \snippet examples/tools/contiguouscache/randomlistmodel.cpp 1 + + It is also worth considering pre-fetching items into the cache outside of the + application's paint routine. This can be done either with a separate thread + or using a QTimer to incrementally expand the range of the cache prior to + rows being requested out of the current cache range. +*/ diff --git a/doc/src/exportedfunctions.qdoc b/doc/src/exportedfunctions.qdoc index f67950c..f051ddc 100644 --- a/doc/src/exportedfunctions.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/exportedfunctions.qdoc @@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ on Mac OS X or be part of the main window. This feature is on by default. + In Qt 4.6, this is equivalent to + \c { QApplication::instance()->setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontUseNativeMenuBar); }. + \section1 void qt_mac_set_press_and_hold_context(bool \e{enable}) Turns emulation of the right mouse button by clicking and holding diff --git a/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc b/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc index d9f001e..fc4310b 100644 --- a/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc @@ -129,13 +129,8 @@ Therefore, if it is important to minimize resource consumption, do not set this attribute. - \value AA_MSWindowsUseDirect3DByDefault Is a Windows specific - attribute, that will make the Direct3D paint engine the - default Qt widget paint engine. Note that you can toggle - usage of the Direct3D engine on individual QWidgets by - setting/clearing the \c WA_MSWindowsUseDirect3D attribute - on a specific widget. \bold {This functionality is - experimental}. + \value AA_MSWindowsUseDirect3DByDefault This value is obsolete and + has no effect. \value AA_DontShowIconsInMenus Actions with the Icon property won't be shown in any menus unless specifically set by the @@ -151,10 +146,24 @@ widgets stay non-native unless specifically set by the Qt::WA_NativeWindow attribute. - \value AA_MacPluginApplication Stops the a Qt mac application from doing + \value AA_MacPluginApplication Stops the Qt mac application from doing specific initializations that do not necessarily make sense when using Qt to author a plugin. This includes avoiding loading our nib for the main - menu and not taking possession of the native menu bar. + menu and not taking possession of the native menu bar. When setting this + attribute to true will also set the AA_DontUseNativeMenuBar attribute + to true. + + \value AA_DontUseNativeMenuBar All menubars created while this attribute is + set to true won't be used as a native menubar (e.g, the menubar at + the top of the main screen on Mac OS X or at the bottom in Windows CE). + + \value AA_MacDontSwapCtrlAndMeta On Mac OS X by default, Qt swaps the + Control and Meta (Command) keys (i.e., whenever Control is pressed, Qt + sends Meta and whenever Meta is pressed Control is sent. When this + attribute is true, Qt will not do the flip. QKeySequence::StandardShortcuts + will also flip accordingly (i.e., QKeySequence::Copy will be + Command+C on the keyboard regardless of the value set, though what is output for + QKeySequence::toString(QKeySequence::PortableText) will be different). \omitvalue AA_AttributeCount */ @@ -948,10 +957,8 @@ position. This is set/cleared by QWidget::move() and by QWidget::setGeometry(). - \value WA_MSWindowsUseDirect3D Makes drawing to a widget - with this attribute set use the Direct3D paint engine, if the - Direct3D paint engine is available. \bold {This functionality - is experimental.} + \value WA_MSWindowsUseDirect3D This value is obsolete and has no + effect. \value WA_NoBackground This value is obsolete. Use WA_OpaquePaintEvent instead. @@ -2658,3 +2665,16 @@ \sa QGraphicsWidget::windowFrameSectionAt() */ + +/*! + \enum Qt::TileRule + \since 4.6 + + This enum describes how to repeat or stretch the parts of an image when drawing. + + \value Stretch Scale the image to fit to the available area. + \value Repeat Tile the image until there is no more space. May crop the last image. + \value Round Like Repeat, but scales the images down to ensure that the last image is not cropped. + + \sa QPixmapBorders, qDrawBorderPixmap() +*/ diff --git a/doc/src/qset.qdoc b/doc/src/qset.qdoc index afbedc3..2d12661 100644 --- a/doc/src/qset.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/qset.qdoc @@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ \sa insert(), remove(), find() */ +/*! + \fn bool QSet::contains(const QSet<T> &other) const + \since 4.6 + + Returns true if the set contains all items from the \a other set; + otherwise returns false. + + \sa insert(), remove(), find() +*/ + /*! \fn QSet::const_iterator QSet::begin() const Returns a const \l{STL-style iterator} positioned at the first diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_stylesheet.qdoc b/doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_stylesheet.qdoc index 60622d3..a62148f 100644 --- a/doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_stylesheet.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_stylesheet.qdoc @@ -1538,6 +1538,11 @@ QSplitter::handle:horizontal { QSplitter::handle:vertical { height: 2px; } + +QSplitter::handle:pressed { + url(images/splitter_pressed.png); +} + //! [142] diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmap.cpp b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmap.cpp index f86eeae..822b466 100644 --- a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmap.cpp +++ b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmap.cpp @@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ static const char * const start_xpm[]={ QPixmap myPixmap; myPixmap->setMask(myPixmap->createHeuristicMask()); //! [1] + +//! [2] +QPixmap pixmap("background.png"); +QRegion exposed; +pixmap.scroll(10, 10, pixmap.rect(), &exposed); +//! [2] diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmapcache.cpp b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmapcache.cpp index c4b6353..2a04f64 100644 --- a/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmapcache.cpp +++ b/doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_image_qpixmapcache.cpp @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ painter->drawPixmap(0, 0, p); //! [1] QPixmap pm; -if (!QPixmapCache::find("my_big_image", pm)) { +if (!QPixmapCache::find("my_big_image", &pm)) { pm.load("bigimage.png"); QPixmapCache::insert("my_big_image", pm); } diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/qprocess-environment/main.cpp b/doc/src/snippets/qprocess-environment/main.cpp index bce3578..148518b 100644 --- a/doc/src/snippets/qprocess-environment/main.cpp +++ b/doc/src/snippets/qprocess-environment/main.cpp @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ void startProcess() { + { //! [0] QProcess process; QStringList env = QProcess::systemEnvironment(); @@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ env.replaceInStrings(QRegExp("^PATH=(.*)", Qt::CaseInsensitive), "PATH=\\1;C:\\B process.setEnvironment(env); process.start("myapp"); //! [0] + } + + { +//! [1] +QProcess process; +QHash<QString, QString> env = QProcess::systemEnvironmentHash(); +env.insert("TMPDIR", "C:\\MyApp\\temp"); // Add an environment variable +env["PATH"] += ";C:\\Bin"; +process.setEnvironment(env); +process.start("myapp"); +//! [0] + } } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) diff --git a/doc/src/snippets/widgets-tutorial/template.cpp b/doc/src/snippets/widgets-tutorial/template.cpp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5958676 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/snippets/widgets-tutorial/template.cpp @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +#include <QtGui> + +// Include header files for application components. +// ... + +int main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + QApplication app(argc, argv); + + // Set up and show widgets. + // ... + + return app.exec(); +} diff --git a/doc/src/tutorials/widgets-tutorial.qdoc b/doc/src/tutorials/widgets-tutorial.qdoc index ead44af..1e89431 100644 --- a/doc/src/tutorials/widgets-tutorial.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/tutorials/widgets-tutorial.qdoc @@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ /*! \page widgets-tutorial.html + \startpage {index.html}{Qt Reference Documentation} + \nextpage {tutorials/widgets/toplevel}{Creating a Window} \title Widgets Tutorial \ingroup tutorials - \brief This tutorial covers basic usage of widgets and layouts, showing how they are used to build GUI applications. + \brief This tutorial covers basic usage of widgets and layouts, showing how + they are used to build GUI applications. \section1 Introduction @@ -68,7 +71,60 @@ occupied by its parent. This means that, when a window is deleted, all the widgets it contains are automatically deleted. - \section1 Creating a Window + \section1 Writing a main Function + + Many of the GUI examples in Qt follow the pattern of having a \c{main.cpp} + file containing code to initialize the application, and a number of other + source and header files containing the application logic and custom GUI + components. + + A typical \c main() function, written in \c{main.cpp}, looks like this: + + \quotefile doc/src/snippets/widgets-tutorial/template.cpp + + We first construct a QApplication object which is configured using any + arguments passed in from the command line. After any widgets have been + created and shown, we call QApplication::exec() to start Qt's event loop. + Control passes to Qt until this function returns, at which point we return + the value we obtain from this function. + + In each part of this tutorial, we provide an example that is written + entirely within a \c main() function. In more sophisticated examples, the + code to set up widgets and layouts is written in other parts of the + example. For example, the GUI for a main window may be set up in the + constructor of a QMainWindow subclass. + + The \l{Qt Examples#Widgets}{Widgets examples} are a good place to look for + more complex and complete examples and applications. + + \section1 Building Examples and Tutorials + + If you obtained a binary package of Qt or compiled it yourself, the + examples described in this tutorial should already be ready to run. + However, if you may wish to modify them and recompile them, you need to + perform the following steps: + + \list 1 + \o At the command line, enter the directory containing the example you + wish to recompile. + \o Type \c qmake and press \key{Return}. If this doesn't work, make sure + that the executable is on your path, or enter its full location. + \o On Linux/Unix and Mac OS X, type \c make and press \key{Return}; + on Windows with Visual Studio, type \c nmake and press \key{Return}. + \endlist + + An executable file should have been created within the current directory. + On Windows, this file may be located within a \c debug or \c release + subdirectory. You can run this file to see the example code at work. +*/ + +/*! + \page widgets-tutorial-toplevel.html + \contentspage {Widgets Tutorial}{Contents} + \previouspage {Widgets Tutorial} + \nextpage {Widgets Tutorial - Child Widgets} + \example tutorials/widgets/toplevel + \title Widgets Tutorial - Creating a Window If a widget is created without a parent, it is treated as a window, or \e{top-level widget}, when it is shown. Since it has no parent object to @@ -82,7 +138,7 @@ <table align="left" width="100%"> <tr class="qt-code"><td> \endraw - \snippet snippets/widgets-tutorial/toplevel/main.cpp create, resize and show + \snippet tutorials/widgets/toplevel/main.cpp main program \raw HTML </td><td align="right"> \endraw @@ -92,15 +148,28 @@ </table> \endraw - We can add a child widget to this window by passing \c window as the - parent to its constructor. In this case, we add a button to the window - and place it in a specific location: + To create a real GUI, we need to place widgets inside the window. To do + this, we pass a QWidget instance to a widget's constructor, as we will + demonstrate in the next part of this tutorial. +*/ + +/*! + \page widgets-tutorial-childwidget.html + \contentspage {Widgets Tutorial}{Contents} + \previouspage {Widgets Tutorial - Creating a Window} + \nextpage {Widgets Tutorial - Using Layouts} + \example tutorials/widgets/childwidget + \title Widgets Tutorial - Child Widgets + + We can add a child widget to the window created in the previous example by + passing \c window as the parent to its constructor. In this case, we add a + button to the window and place it in a specific location: \raw HTML <table align="left" width="100%"> <tr class="qt-code"><td> \endraw - \snippet snippets/widgets-tutorial/childwidget/main.cpp create, position and show + \snippet tutorials/widgets/childwidget/main.cpp main program \raw HTML </td><td align="right"> \endraw @@ -112,9 +181,16 @@ The button is now a child of the window and will be deleted when the window is destroyed. Note that hiding or closing the window does not - automatically destroy it. + automatically destroy it. It will be destroyed when the example exits. +*/ - \section1 Using Layouts +/*! + \page widgets-tutorial-windowlayout.html + \contentspage {Widgets Tutorial}{Contents} + \previouspage {Widgets Tutorial - Child Widgets} + \nextpage {Widgets Tutorial - Nested Layouts} + \example tutorials/widgets/windowlayout + \title Widgets Tutorial - Using Layouts Usually, child widgets are arranged inside a window using layout objects rather than by specifying positions and sizes explicitly. Here, we @@ -125,7 +201,7 @@ <table align="left" width="100%"> <tr class="qt-code"><td> \endraw - \snippet snippets/widgets-tutorial/windowlayout/main.cpp create, lay out widgets and show + \snippet tutorials/widgets/windowlayout/main.cpp main program \raw HTML </td><td align="right"> \endraw @@ -149,17 +225,31 @@ manage the label and line edit and set the layout on the window, both the widgets and the layout itself are ''reparented'' to become children of the window. +*/ + +/*! + \page widgets-tutorial-nestedlayouts.html + \contentspage {Widgets Tutorial}{Contents} + \previouspage {Widgets Tutorial - Using Layouts} + \example tutorials/widgets/nestedlayouts + \title Widgets Tutorial - Nested Layouts Just as widgets can contain other widgets, layouts can be used to provide different levels of grouping for widgets. Here, we want to display a label alongside a line edit at the top of a window, above a table view showing the results of a query. + We achieve this by creating two layouts: \c{queryLayout} is a QHBoxLayout + that contains QLabel and QLineEdit widgets placed side-by-side; + \c{mainLayout} is a QVBoxLayout that contains \c{queryLayout} and a + QTableView arranged vertically. + \raw HTML <table align="left" width="100%"> <tr class="qt-code"><td> \endraw - \snippet snippets/widgets-tutorial/nestedlayouts/main.cpp create, lay out widgets and show + \snippet tutorials/widgets/nestedlayouts/main.cpp first part + \snippet tutorials/widgets/nestedlayouts/main.cpp last part \raw HTML </td><td align="right"> \endraw @@ -169,6 +259,26 @@ </table> \endraw + Note that we call the \c{mainLayout}'s \l{QBoxLayout::}{addLayout()} + function to insert the \c{queryLayout} above the \c{resultView} table. + + We have omitted the code that sets up the model containing the data shown + by the QTableView widget, \c resultView. For completeness, we show this below. + As well as QHBoxLayout and QVBoxLayout, Qt also provides QGridLayout and QFormLayout classes to help with more complex user interfaces. + These can be seen if you run \l{Qt Designer}. + + \section1 Setting up the Model + + In the code above, we did not show where the table's data came from + because we wanted to concentrate on the use of layouts. Here, we see + that the model holds a number of items corresponding to rows, each of + which is set up to contain data for two columns. + + \snippet tutorials/widgets/nestedlayouts/main.cpp set up the model + + The use of models and views is covered in the + \l{Qt Examples#Item Views}{item view examples} and in the + \l{Model/View Programming} overview. */ |